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Julia Child’s spy days ended when she left the OSS following the end of World War II. To fill her newly freed-up schedule, she enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu, one of France’s most prestigious ...
Most people know Julia Child, here showing off a salade nicoise on Aug. 21, 1978, for her culinary skills, but she also served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.
New novel by Sebastopol author recasts Julia Child as a spy during World War II. A Sebastopol writer speculates on what the famous TV chef might have been doing as an agent with the OSS during ...
Child is depicted on the HBO Max show "Julia" launching her career as a chef. But before that, she worked for the forerunner of the CIA in Washington, developing shark repellent during World War II.
Julia Child's grave is the most astonishing place, ... She married Paul Child in 1946. During World War II, she joined the Office of Strategic Services, the United States’ intelligence agency.
WASHINGTON — Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world. They served ...
In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude - Julia Child. Child, then known by her maiden name Williams, joined the OSS in 1942 as Captain Harold J. Coolidge’s executive assistant.
For a woman born in 1912, when words like "feminist” and “disruptor" were not a part of the American lexicon, Julia Child was a woman ahead of her time. After all, how many women in the early ...
Child, born in Pasadena, escaped an affluent and conservative upbringing by serving in World War II. Her husband, Paul Child, was both helpmeet and soul mate, supporting her when she enrolled in ...
Paul Child met Julia, then Julia McWilliams, when they were each stationed in Kandy, Sri Lanka, during their respective military service in World War II's O.S.S. Paul and Julia's relationship ...